Are We Stupid Or Are We Molluscs? The Case For Embracing Idiocy

There comes a time in everybody’s life when we begin to ask
repetitive questions of ourselves. Who am I? What am I doing here? You know,
mid-life crisis type stuff.

But these are questions we ask ourselves from a very early age,
and recently, I’ve been self-inquiring something of the opposite. Who can I be?
Where should I be and what can I do to help?

Much of this broods from the meandering thought of what will
climate change do to the world and the very nature and predicament we have put
ourselves in, due to our overflowing self-created piss pan.

The zenith of our Hansel and Gretel type exploits has developed us into a stunning pile of meat vehicles, happy to dance toward an open oven ablaze with over-cooked chicken slowly spreading into the rest of the house. We truly are that stupid.

Generally, people we meet daily are sensible rational people
because of the simplified questions we ask each other. But unfortunately,
complexities surrounding motivations and their involvement in political events
lifts the lid of their stove-top kettles.

We once lived in caves, later rejecting it. Then we returned to
them in the form of our mobile phones. We often languish in the simulation of
life itself mirrored through the crumbs of reality. We neglect the true form of
life, substituting it for the falsified specks of its broken glass in an effort
to run away from the misfortune of our existence.

We spaced ourselves from one another because we invested heavily
in entertainment of the pre-mobile phone era. So much so, that many could only
envision a life of importance through the comings of fame and the financial
fortune that it may bring.

This paved the way for a philosophy to be adopted by those who
know no better. Who are quenched by the free and automatic dopamine vending
machines that we hold in the palm of our hands, 24 hours a day. We have nothing
more to say to each other because we risk looking back into the authenticity of
lifespan that offers lack of Domo, confusion and self-perceived imprisonment.

Are we stupid or are we molluscs? The answer is yes, we are both
and much much more. Being stupid can be a baseplate to increase one’s own
intelligence, and in fact, a better place to be than the moulded ignorance of
educated intractability.

I’ve met some people that are so educated, they’re dumb.
Whereas, I have met some incredibly resilient and intelligent people who have
the answers to almost everything because of their life experiences (even at
young ages) and diversity in work and passion choices.

Leaders of society, true changemakers disregard their
qualifications in order to absorb more. Education is many things, but
qualification is not one of them.

“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” -Albert Einstein

In this time of greatest need, we must begin to learn how best
to counteract irresponsible behaviour at base and at institutional levels.

Right now, the
reckless impunity in which we are all engaged with only serves to give licence
to those at the top who live with nihilistic principles powered by demonic
satiety.

Our greatest need
is to reverse the state of the planet’s climatic health. Nothing else matters
if we cannot nurse the negative environmental impacts, we have self-inflicted
upon ourselves.

If you’re going to be dumb, use that privilege wisely. Your
attention to all that is new might just trigger the spark that will change the
world for the better and for your children.